For Military · First Responders · Civil Defense · Industrial

One protocol. All four threats.

S4FE-D® is the chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear decontaminant built on the Bind-It™ chemistry hospitals have trusted for over thirty years — rebuilt for the field.

Why this matters

Four threat categories. One bottle on the truck.

CBRN response is the convergence of four very different decontamination problems — a chemical agent on a fire suit, a radiological dispersal on a hot zone perimeter, a biological exposure during a patient transport, a nuclear waste handling event in a hot lab. Most decontaminants are built to handle one of those threats well and the rest poorly. S4FE-D® is built to handle all four with the same chemistry, the same training, the same SOP, and the same bottle on the truck.

The chemistry was originally developed in the early 1990s for hospital nuclear medicine departments — specifically to remove radioactive iodine from work surfaces without volatilizing it the way bleach does. Thirty years of clinical and research use later, the same surfactant binding formulation has been independently validated against chemical and biological surrogates with the same removal efficacy. One protocol. All four threats. No additional training needed once your team knows the basic spray-dwell-wipe workflow.

CBRN coverage

What S4FE-D® handles.

Chemical

Industrial chemical spills, hazardous drugs, fentanyl exposure response, occupational chemical contamination. Validated against common chemical surrogates in third-party testing.

Biological

Pathogen-laden surfaces from patient transport, EMS callouts, lab spills. Surfactant action lifts biological material into solution for capture on disposable wipes.

Radiological

Radioactive iodine, technetium, cesium, strontium, and other isotopes on equipment, vehicles, PPE, and personnel. The original use case — over thirty years of hospital-validated performance.

Nuclear

Nuclear event cleanup, dirty bomb response, hot lab spill management, radiopharmacy incidents. The same chemistry that handles routine I-131 cleanup scales to incident response.

Third-party validation

Independently tested. Documented removal performance.

S4FE-D® was submitted to Qal-Tek Associates, an independent radiation safety and decontamination testing laboratory, for verified efficacy testing against surrogates representing the chemical, biological, and radiological threat categories. The complete report is downloadable below.

Independent validation matters in CBRN procurement — agencies and military programs don't accept manufacturer-claimed efficacy numbers. The Qal-Tek report carries the third-party signature your procurement and safety officers need to defend the line item.

Download Qal-Tek Test Report (PDF) → CBRN HQ × S4FE-D eBook (PDF) →

S4FE-D® manufactured in the United States at the LTI facility in Elburn, Illinois

The product family

From individual rapid towels to a Plano-trunk response kit.

Every S4FE-D® form factor uses the same active chemistry. Choose by the mission profile — pocket-carry personal decon, vehicle / kit-stowed bulk, or pre-staged incident response.

Personal decon

S4FE-D® DIRT

Decon Individual Rapid Towel — one extra-large pre-wetted wipe per tear-open pouch. Sized to fit in a thigh, calf, or bicep pocket for personal decontamination in the field. Pre-stage and forget — 48-month shelf life sealed.

Surface decon

S4FE-D® Spray & Wipes

Ready-to-use 32 oz spray bottles and pre-wetted wipe canisters (50 or 80 count) for equipment, vehicles, hard surfaces, and PPE. Spray, dwell 30 seconds, wipe with paper towel, throw away. No rinse required for most surfaces.

Bulk / Large area

S4FE-D® Concentrate

8 oz or larger concentrate for mix-on-site coverage of large area decon, vehicle wash-down, or hot zone perimeter treatment. Approximately 1:10 dilution with water yields ready-to-use spray.

Personal hygiene

S4FE-D® Hand & Body Soap

Skin-safe, gentle formulation for hand washing after handling contaminated items and for shower / body decon following PPE doffing. Same active chemistry as the spray, in a skin-safe surfactant base.

Pre-staged incident kit

S4FE-D® Decon Response Kit (DRK)

The grab-and-go response trunk. Packaged in a Plano Sportsman's Trunk with all four S4FE-D® forms factors, absorbent pads, hazmat waste bags, gloves, and shop towels. Available in three configurations: Base Kit, Cordless Spray add-on (for large-area deployment), and PPE add-on (Tychem suit + face shield + N95). Built for fire and EMS, civil defense, hot lab response, and industrial emergency teams.

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Heritage

Thirty-plus years of clinical use. Engineered for the field today.

The Bind-It™ chemistry inside every S4FE-D® product was developed by Laboratory Technologies in the early 1990s for a specific clinical problem: removing radioactive iodine from hospital surfaces without volatilizing it. Bleach turns iodine into vapor and spreads contamination; the surfactant binding formulation traps it in liquid so it leaves on a paper towel.

Thirty years of hospital, nuclear pharmacy, and research laboratory use later, the same active chemistry has been validated for the broader CBRN threat picture — chemical contamination, biological exposure, radiological and nuclear material. The transition wasn't a reformulation; it was a re-deployment. The chemistry already worked. We just sized the packaging, the kits, and the documentation for the responder community.

That heritage is the answer to the "why this, not the commercial decontaminant we've been buying" procurement question: three decades of validated clinical use is a trust signal a five-year-old commercial product can't match.

The Bind-It™ formulation — three decades of clinical use, now deployed across the CBRN response community

Who deploys S4FE-D®

From hot lab to hot zone.

Military

Military CBRN programs

Vehicle decon, equipment cleanup, personal-decon pocket carry, pre-staged response kits at forward operating locations. The same kit handles a chemical exposure event, a biological agent surface, or a radiological dispersal scenario.

Federal first responders

Civil defense & federal response

DHS, FEMA, state radiological emergency response teams, civil defense agencies. Pre-staged DRK trunks at strategic locations for rapid deployment after dirty bomb, industrial chemical release, or unknown-substance scenarios.

Fire & EMS

Fire department & EMS hazmat teams

Truck-stowed for spill response. EMS hot-patient decon between transports. Apparatus decon after an unknown-substance call. Skin-safe formulation makes it deployable on personnel as well as equipment.

Industrial response

Nuclear facilities & industrial hot labs

Routine I-131, Tc-99m, F-18 cleanup in radiopharmacy and nuclear medicine departments. Hot lab spill response. Reactor maintenance contamination control. Scientific and industrial isotope handling.

Law enforcement

Law enforcement & forensics

Fentanyl exposure response, evidence handling after suspected CBRN incidents, vehicle decon following high-risk traffic stops. Compact DIRT towels in patrol-officer pocket carry.

International programs

Global CBRN training programs

Authorized distribution and training programs in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and the Americas. International CBRN responders trained on the same chemistry deployed by U.S. agencies.

In the field

Trade shows, training programs, deployed teams.

A growing library of imagery from S4FE-D® field deployments, international CBRN training seminars, and trade show demonstrations.

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International CBRN training seminar

Training

Asia training programs

Hands-on instruction for regional CBRN response teams — from agent recognition through full decontamination workflow.

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Trade show demonstration

Trade shows

CBRN industry events

Live demonstrations of the S4FE-D® product family, the DRK incident kit, and the underlying Bind-It™ chemistry.

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Field deployment

Deployed

Operational use

S4FE-D® on the ground — CBRN response units, military programs, and emergency response teams using the kit in real-world scenarios.

See it in action

Video walkthroughs & partner content.

Video demonstrations, partner content, and collaboration features coming soon. Existing partner content: CBRN HQ × S4FE-D® eBook (PDF).

Documentation

Specs, test reports, and procurement-ready documents.

PDF

S4FE-D® Brochure

Full product family overview, applications, and specifications.

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PDF

Qal-Tek Third-Party Test Report

Independent validation of decontamination efficacy across CBRN surrogates.

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CBRN HQ × S4FE-D® eBook

Collaboration with CBRN HQ — deployment guidance and field considerations.

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PDF

DRK Event Decon Kit

The Decon Response Kit deployment overview — configurations and use case map.

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PDF

Safety Data Sheet (SDS)

OSHA-format SDS for procurement, safety review, and regulatory files.

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S4FE-D® for Radiation

Radiological-specific application reference — isotope coverage, surface guidance, deployment notes.

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Talk to us about CBRN programs.

Whether you're standing up a new program, refreshing an existing decon protocol, or evaluating S4FE-D® against your current supplier — reach out and we'll connect you with the right resource. Distribution is handled regionally; we'll route you to the closest authorized partner or work with you directly if you prefer.

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